Men's Cross Country

Princeton Women, Yale Men Win H-Y-P

Sep 28, 2010

PRINCETON, N.J. -- Three women's teams and two
men's teams took to the course on Saturday for the annual
Harvard-Yale-Princeton meet in New Haven, Conn. It was the 34th
running of the meet on the women's side and the 97th for the
men.

Princeton's women, ranked No. 8 in the nation in the most recent
US Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association poll
(released Sept. 28), ran away with the race, looking early on to be
the favorite to win the Ivy Championship. The Tigers finished with
a team score of 22, followed by Harvard with 40 points and Yale
with 68 points. Princeton senior Sarah Cummings
claimed the 5k individual title in 17:14.20. Her teammates Alex
Banfich and Ashley Higginson was
fourth in 17:34.52 and 17:43.29, respectively.

Harvard's top finishers were Claire Richardson,
who took second in 17:20.13 and Jeanne Mack, who
placed fifth in 18:02.56. Yale's top finisher was Elizabeth Marvin
who placed 10th in 18:19.59.

The Bulldog men took back the team title from the Crimson,
scoring 24 points to Harvard's 34. Yale senior Jeff
Perrella took second overall in 25:35.53. He was followed
by Julian Sheinbaum (25:39.45) and Sam
Lynch (25:40.30) in third and fourth, respectively.
Harvard's Daniel Chenoweth took the individual
title, winning the 8k in 25:10.70. The Crimson also held down the
fifth, sixth and 10th places.

Click on the headlines below for complete recaps and results
from this week's action.